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Adam Carolla to Congress regarding Safe Spaces

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Adam Carolla delivers his opening statement at the House Oversight Committee hearing on 'Challenges to Freedom of Speech on College Campuses' on Thursday.
"Children are the future, but we are the present, and we are the adults and we need to act like it," he said.

His analogy is spot on, IMO. If our children are not exposed to the real world when they are supposed to learn, we are doing a disservice to them and setting them up for some harsh reality.

With my own daughter, I didn't want her to lose her idealistic dreams or her very kind heart. I had to skate a thin line between scaring the **** out of her with the "real world" and giving her just enough cynical thought to not be taken advantage of. She was moving to Manhattan for school! I had to toughen her up a little. She's still learning some hard lessons, but at least she was prepared. Her college was not into the "safe space" thing, but was a very diversified school with people from all walks of life. She has told me, more than once, that she "remembered" what I said when she dealing with a situation, and it helped.

They need to know that not everyone thinks the same, agrees all the time, loves one another, etc...you get the point. By being exposed to different ideas, controversial ideas as well, they can learn to think for themselves and choose what they want their life to be. Not have it chosen for them without their awareness.
 
What he's saying is pretty spot on, but, what exactly can congress do about the way colleges are run?

And further, if you make it to college in your bubble still, you're in for a rough ride....i.e., by then, it's still a bit too late.
 
holbritter said:




Adam Carolla delivers his opening statement at the House Oversight Committee hearing on 'Challenges to Freedom of Speech on College Campuses' on Thursday.
"Children are the future, but we are the present, and we are the adults and we need to act like it," he said.

His analogy is spot on, IMO. If our children are not exposed to the real world when they are supposed to learn, we are doing a disservice to them and setting them up for some harsh reality.

With my own daughter, I didn't want her to lose her idealistic dreams or her very kind heart. I had to skate a thin line between scaring the **** out of her with the "real world" and giving her just enough cynical thought to not be taken advantage of. She was moving to Manhattan for school! I had to toughen her up a little. She's still learning some hard lessons, but at least she was prepared. Her college was not into the "safe space" thing, but was a very diversified school with people from all walks of life. She has told me, more than once, that she "remembered" what I said when she dealing with a situation, and it helped.

They need to know that not everyone thinks the same, agrees all the time, loves one another, etc...you get the point. By being exposed to different ideas, controversial ideas as well, they can learn to think for themselves and choose what they want their life to be. Not have it chosen for them without their awareness.
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In Texas there is a law still on the books from the Vietnam era that enables college administrators to expel any student who deliberately disrupts the function of the school, damages school property, etc. Such a law in other states would go a long way toward getting control of this nonsense.
 
LowDown said:
In Texas there is a law still on the books from the Vietnam era that enables college administrators to expel any student who deliberately disrupts the function of the school, damages school property, etc. Such a law in other states would go a long way toward getting control of this nonsense.
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It doesn't need to be a law. Even colleges and universities have a code of conduct that should be followed, or a student faces consequences.
 
KevinKohler said:
What he's saying is pretty spot on, but, what exactly can congress do about the way colleges are run?

And further, if you make it to college in your bubble still, you're in for a rough ride....i.e., by then, it's still a bit too late.
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They can't. But they can enforce freedom of speech can't they?
 
KevinKohler said:
What he's saying is pretty spot on, but, what exactly can congress do about the way colleges are run?

And further, if you make it to college in your bubble still, you're in for a rough ride....i.e., by then, it's still a bit too late.
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From what I hear, the Feds pay a bunch of money to colleges.

Some is in grants, some in R&D, some in loans and some in scholarships.

This is a huge injection of cash resulting in a whole bunch of dollars demanding additional buildings, growing faculties and swollen administrations to herd the cats.

Those dollars aren't going to spend themselves.
 
Hate to be the one to point it out, but it is our children that will define and shape the "real world". If they want a world that is more conducive to sensitivity for folks that want it, that's their decision, just as it was ours to create what we are handing them in it's current state. If we, out of love for our kids, see the world as the harsh place it is, to the point that we feel the need to expose them to it so it doesn't bury them, we should be enabling and encouraging them to change it for the better.
 
Wait a minute, now....conservatives want the government to regulate higher education? But what about the sacred kawnstitution?
 
code1211 said:
From what I hear, the Feds pay a bunch of money to colleges.

Some is in grants, some in R&D, some in loans and some in scholarships.

This is a huge injection of cash resulting in a whole bunch of dollars demanding additional buildings, growing faculties and swollen administrations to herd the cats.

Those dollars aren't going to spend themselves.
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So....you want MORE government in education?
 
OlNate said:
Hate to be the one to point it out, but it is our children that will define and shape the "real world". If they want a world that is more conducive to sensitivity for folks that want it, that's their decision, just as it was ours to create what we are handing them in it's current state. If we, out of love for our kids, see the world as the harsh place it is, to the point that we feel the need to expose them to it so it doesn't bury them, we should be enabling and encouraging them to change it for the better.
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That mindset would work but for globalism.
 
holbritter said:




Adam Carolla delivers his opening statement at the House Oversight Committee hearing on 'Challenges to Freedom of Speech on College Campuses' on Thursday.
"Children are the future, but we are the present, and we are the adults and we need to act like it," he said.

His analogy is spot on, IMO. If our children are not exposed to the real world when they are supposed to learn, we are doing a disservice to them and setting them up for some harsh reality.

With my own daughter, I didn't want her to lose her idealistic dreams or her very kind heart. I had to skate a thin line between scaring the **** out of her with the "real world" and giving her just enough cynical thought to not be taken advantage of. She was moving to Manhattan for school! I had to toughen her up a little. She's still learning some hard lessons, but at least she was prepared. Her college was not into the "safe space" thing, but was a very diversified school with people from all walks of life. She has told me, more than once, that she "remembered" what I said when she dealing with a situation, and it helped.

They need to know that not everyone thinks the same, agrees all the time, loves one another, etc...you get the point. By being exposed to different ideas, controversial ideas as well, they can learn to think for themselves and choose what they want their life to be. Not have it chosen for them without their awareness.
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Didn't watch the video but just reading the post I agree REALITY BASED teaching is critical. Preparing for the REAL WORLD is key. I also have to admit I don't know what safe spaces are. I have heard the phrase but I never looked into what they REALLY are. I have only ever heard them as insults really or extremists crying about them. Now with that said I'm not sure what government can really do about how a schools conducts itself in THIS manner.
 
What about Liberty University?


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KevinKohler said:
So....you want MORE government in education?
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If you dont like public opinion then take away public funding. Privately funded school are free to censor whatever they want.

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KevinKohler said:
So....you want MORE government in education?
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Money = control.

There is already plenty of money flowing in.

That equals plenty of control.

I don't really have a dog in the fight on education, but I'm always suspicious of the motives of those who are paying money.

When people pay a bunch of money, they want a bunch of something in return. When the government is paying a bunch of money, that usually means they are seeking a bunch of control.
 
I'd also like toknow how Adam Carolla became the voice of anything other than the Grim Reaper on Family Guy.
 
Kobie said:
Neat sounding sentence. Now explain to us what on earth you're talking about.
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This thread is about raising overly sensitive and emotionally delicate young adults. I responded to a poster who said it doesn't matter, that it's up to the kids themselves, and if they want to create a world in which sensitivity is A OK, then that's what they'll do.

Problem is, there's a lot of cultures out there now, many of whom don't give a rats butt about sensitivity. Ever spoken to Eastern Europeans? Like it or not, our kids are going to have to interact with all of these people, so, no, emotional delicacy will always be viewed as a weakness.
 
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